Editorial: Addition in city tax brings windfall for this fiscal year
There is $272,000 more than budgeted in income for the 2024-25 fiscal year for the city of Belleville to spend on streets or other projects. This is what Kelly Howey[…]
VFW presents checks to Voice of Democracy, Patriot’s Pen winners
Belleville High School eleventh-grader Lola Kennedy and McBride Middle School eighth-grader Donald DeYoung are winners of the local Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen essay contests. The two now will[…]
Belleville City Council scolded for no ‘real’ water bills in a year
Belleville resident Michael Renaud scolded the Belleville City Council at Monday’s regular meeting, noting the council has hired all kinds of new people, put new infrastructure in city hall, and[…]
Looking back: 30 years ago, this is what was happening in the tri-community
We are celebrating completion of our 30th year of publication by printing stories from our earliest issues to show what was happening in Belleville, Van Buren, and Sumpter. In our[…]
Three generations of mothers and daughters are twins in local family
Three generations of mothers and daughters are twins in a local family. Although many think twins skip a generation, that’s not the case in this family. Catarina Nickole Gasser grew[…]
Court Watching
Christopher Lee Piggott Christopher Lee Piggott of Hazel Park and previously of Van Buren Township was charged with failure to register as a sex offender on March 30 in Van[…]
Mission Statement of the Belleville-Area Independent
(Published on the front page of the first edition of the Belleville-Area Independent on Jan. 5, 1995) The mission of the Belleville-Area Independent is to be among the highest-regarded community[…]
Editorial: Look forward to what 2025 might bring to 48111
Now we are into 2025 and can look forward to what the new year may bring to the tri-communities of Belleville, Van Buren and Sumpter. In Belleville, officials are planning[…]
Dee Anne Dubin walks 487 miles from France into Spain
By Ania Felder Independent Special Writer De Anne Dubin, Belleville High School class of 1995, recently finished a 487-mile walk in 37 days along the Camino from France to Spain.[…]
Dingell announces $7.5 million to Ypsilanti to remove 1876 dam
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, MI-06, announced the city of Ypsilanti was awarded $7.5 million from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s National Coastal Resilience Fund to restore the Huron River and[…]
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